Jean Le Pen

PARIS: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front (FN), pulled out of regional elections on Monday after a fierce public spat with his daughter, who now leads the far-right party.The move promises to ease tensions both within the Le Pen family and the anti-European, anti-immigration FN, which has

By our correspondents
April 14, 2015
PARIS: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front (FN), pulled out of regional elections on Monday after a fierce public spat with his daughter, who now leads the far-right party.
The move promises to ease tensions both within the Le Pen family and the anti-European, anti-immigration FN, which has enjoyed considerable electoral success in recent years as Marine Le Pen seeks to clean up its racist and anti-Semitic image.